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We at A Village in Syria would like to invite you, members of the university and the general public, to come and see our exhibition of photographs, posters and plans at the Gulbenkian at the University of Kent! The opening night is TONIGHT at 6.30pm so please come along, or visit another Read more…

On Tuesday 22nd March, Wednesday 23rd March and Thursday 24th March we are holding our SIXTH EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE VILLAGE In the Atrium of Keynes College, University of Kent The exhibition will cover our work over the past two and a half years. With the help of Lush, Read more…

On Friday 26th February from 11am-5pm, the A Village in Syria team will be on the plaza outside Essentials and next to the School of Arts at the University of Kent to answer your questions about what our charity does and why, and to raise funds for our various projects. Read more…

As the New Year speeds past here in the UK, over in the village in Syria, little has changed. The population of the village is relatively stable, and we have heard that construction of the community centre has stopped temporarily whilst the village awaits more funding and resources. Meanwhile Read more…

Thank you to everyone who has supported us! Please check out the link below to our Winter Newsletter to find out more about our charity and what we do! View the newsletter by clicking this link: AVIS_Newsletter

We travelled to Calais to offer the money to Syrian refugees, where something unexpected happened: they insisted that the money was sent to the remaining people in Syria. Despite having very limited facilities themselves, they assured us that they were well-provided for and requested that we send the funds to Read more…

‘Who is helping the poorest people – who can not afford to leave?’ they asked us. The poorest people in the village, without money, much food or even a house, asked if we might sponsor them. This is the Village who helped 8,500 IDPs (Internally Displaced People). They need our Read more…

A sensationally successful Fresher’s Fair at the University of Kent. With the support and assistance of Mann Lake and Bees Abroad. Mannlake kindly gave a donation to A Village in Syria which will help to finance a second hive/swarm in Syria

The Kent Islamic Society gave £180 (240e) to a Village in Syria today, in the new Templeman Library. The money will be taken over at the weekend, together with 3 bin bags of clothes. The money will pay for two new cooking stoves plus some other priorities. Please contact us Read more…

Agatha Christie’s Syrian memoir of the archaeological trips she made to the ancient ruins of Syria and Iraq, many of which are now under threat from Islamic State fighters, is due to be republished this August. It includes lots of photographs taken by Agatha Christie documenting her travels. The writing team Read more…